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(No Model.)

CAKE GUTTER.

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FATFNT OFFICE.

LIAM FIX, JR., oF SAME PLACE.

CAKE-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettefs Patent No. 477,278, dated rune 21,1892.

Application filed March 24, 1892.

'Serial No. 426,202. (No model.)

To all whom, ibm/ay concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI W. SNELL, of Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cake-Cutters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in cake-cutters.

It is the object of my invention to provide a cake-cutter that will eject the cake from the cutter when cut and having a cutter that is capable of cutting a piece from the center of the cake, the central cutter being removable, adapting the cutter for use as a cutter not cutting out the center of the cake.

In the drawings similar numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts in the several figures. Figure l shows in side elevation my improved cake-cutter. Fig. 2 shows a top or plan view ofthe same. Fig. 3 shows the cutter in side elevation from a different point of View than that in which it is shown in Fig. l. Fig. et shows a vertical section of a cutter including the central cutter. Fig. 5 shows a vertical section of a cutter having the removable central cutter 'partially removed. Fig. 6 shows a vertical section including the central cutter with the central cutter in position for use. Fig.` 7 shows a vertical central section of the cutter, the removable centralv cutter and spring being shown in full lines containing a cake of dough as cut. Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail in section of the outer cutterrim and a portion of the follower. Fig. 9 is an enlarged detail View showing one of the springs for securing the central cutter.

Referring more particularlyv to the reference-numerals marked on the drawings in a more specific description. of the device, l incates the handle of the cutter spanning the top of the cutter and attached to a cylindrical cutting-rim 2. The rim 2 may be made in a true circle, or irregular or crimped, as desired. In the upper end of the cylindrical rim 2 is provided a head 3, provided with airholes 3 and a central opening for receiving the removable central cutter 4, which is v slightly conical with its larger end upward. The central cutter 4 is provided with springcatches 5 5, secured to the sides of the cutter and adapted to engage the head 3 wit-hin the central opening for the reception of the cen- 6o tral cutter and secure the central cutter. The upper end of the catch-spring 5 form handles for operating the same. Secured to the inside of the head 3 at one side of the central opening therein is a spring 6, which makes several con volutions toward the bottom of the rim 2, and has attached to its other endafollower 7, which has-a central opening for the central cutter. The followeris concave on lits nnderface, and is provided with a rounded 7o rib 7L near its edge and an upwardly-inclined rim or edge 7" directly outside of the rib 7n.

The operation of the device is so simple and Well understood that extensive description is unwarranted.

W hen the cutter is struck into a sheet of dough, the follower is forced upward against the tension of the spring and the dough is cut by rim 2. The central cutter 4 also cuts out the center, which passes into and through 8o the inner cutter as several cuts are made. The rim 7b and rounded rib 7a onlyT come in contact with the dough. As the cutter is raised the cake of dough between the rim 2 and central cutter is expelled. By grasping the ends of catches 5 and bringing them toward each other as far as may be the central cutter is released and may be removed either for the purpose of cleaning or to enable the cutter to be used without the central cutter.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, in a cake-cutter, of an outer cutting-rim, a removable central cutter, a concave follower having a central opening 95 for said central cutter, and a spring for actuating the follower, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a cakecutter, of an outer cutting-rim, a central cutter, a concave follower having a central opening for the cen- Ioo tml cutter and :L circumferential rib and uprim and the central cutter, and a spring for wardlynclined rimland a spring for actuatactuating the follower, substantially as set ing the follower, substantially as set forth. forth.

3. The combination, in a cake-cutter, of an In witness whereof I have afxecl'mysigna- 5 outer cutting-rim, a removable central cutter, ture in presence of two Witnesses.

n catch for securing the central cutter to the head of the cake-cutter, a washer-shaped e011- LEVI XV. SNELL. e'fLve follower having n circumferential rib Witnesses: nd upwardly-inclined rim and adapted to ALFRED B. CHARLES,

1o work in the space between the outer cutting- RICI-I. A. GEORGE. 

